Researchers have pinpointed the biggest threats to the only population of rare, endangered mule ear orchids in the United States. FIU’s orchid research team found powerful hurricanes can wipe out ...

Deep in the forests of Southeast Asia, Pankaj Kumar kept careful watch over 23 small, wild plants in 2012. He returned to them again and again, waiting for them to bloom. They were orchids, he was ...

Environmental groups have filed a lawsuit because they want the federal government to list a rare orchid, found mainly in Florida, as an endangered species. Ghost orchids grow in just a few places in ...

Orchids have a reputation for being finicky and difficult to grow, and one of the things that's sure to kill an orchid is overwatering it. It may seem counter-intuitive, then, that growing orchids in ...

With the title “Orchid Rodeo” lending a Western theme to it this year, the Cleveland Botanical Garden’s annual orchid show underscores orchids’ amazing ability to thrive in unexpected places all over ...